The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Fresh Chit-Chat About Persons and Events
in Other Lands.

A Prohibition party is being organized
in Great Britain, where the evils Of intemper-
ance are probably more marked than in any
other country in the world
A lady living in the Rue St. Nicholas,
Paris, on returning home after a weeks alb
sence was shocked and amazed to find the dead
body of man in her bed room. The body was
found to be that of burglar who had died OF
an apopletic stroke just as he had begun to
gather his plumber.
The Prince of Wales, although now
an obese, elderly gentleman, seems to have re-
tanned an undated zest for pursuits generally
classed among the follies of youth. A Vienna
paper relates that at Monaco he won 5000 at
roulette before the earthquake drove him
away from his edifying amusement of public
gambling.
The investigation into the loss of the
emigant ship Kapunda, sunk by collision in
Australian waters, has disclosed the fact that
nearly eighty single women on board were
locked in their quarters for the night when the
collision took place. and they were not released
as the key had been mislad SO that they went
down with the ship. The screams of the poor
creatures are described as having been mad
dening.
Some facts recently disclosed about
caused much comment. A correspondent of
twenty years. service was dismissed for send
ing too truthful an account of the Glenbeigh
evictions and fellow was put in his place who
naturally proceeded to grind out Irish outrages
to the taste of his employers. Unfortunately
the Tory government, relying on the Tinaes'
past reputation for accuracy, proceeded to in
vestigate them and had to admit them to be
fabrications. Then, too, some time ago its
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count of the arrival there of some prominent
PERSONS their sayings and doings, and it after
ward appeared that they had been detained
and were not then in Paris at ALL The reputa-
ton Of the Times has sunk very low.
One of the national sins of England is
the license given to the introduction of strong
drink among the native races coming under her
control. She went to war with China to
compel that country to tolerate the opium
traffic. India and Burmah were sober nations
until England taught them the use of strong
drinks and spread habits of drunkenness
among the people, and Egypt is now being sub
jected to the same demoralizng influences.
1t is owing to this that the remark is so often
made by travellers that Mohammedanism does
more for native races than Christianity, for
temperance goes with the former religion.
Recently greatpublic meetings have been held
In London 10 protest against the liquor trade
with native races. AT one of these meetings.
presided over by the Bishop of London, forty
religious and missionary societies were repre-
sented.
A strange case of cruelty prompted by
superstition is reported from the Baute-G Gar
onne province of France. A married woman
named Dupeyron, who lived In the same house
as her cousin, an unmarried woman named
Solages, accused the latter Of bewitching her
daughter, who was lying Ill. She knocked her
down with bludgeon and cut deep cross on
each Of her victims hands. She told her that
this would deprive her of any further evii-work-
ing power. She then undressed and in an almost
nude state subjected her cousin to an lnterro-
gatory, winding up with challenge to declare
whether she would reinquish her fiendish arts.
The poor woman, who was speeches.. merely
nodded assent, and her wounds were then
dressed by her assaiant. The sufferer subse-
quently found strength to crawl to a neigh
boris house, and the woman Dupeyron was
given into custody. Her victim isnot expected
To recover.